Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CUTTYSTOOL
Cut"ty*stool` (-stl`), n.
1. A low stool [Scot.]
2. A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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